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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

654 AM CDT TUE AUG 12 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  OUACHITA PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WEST MONROE...SWARTZ...MONROE...

  CLAIBORNE...BROWNSVILLE-BAWCOMVILLE...

  UNION PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...



* UNTIL 1045 AM CDT



* AT 649 AM CDT...FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED FROM A THUNDERSTORM

  OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  STERLINGTON...RICHWOOD AND FARMERVILLE



UPWARDS OF TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE MONROE AREA...DURING 

THE PAST THREE HOURS...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF NEAR TWO 

INCHES POSSIBLE DURING THE MORNING HOURS...IN THE WARNED AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER

GROUND.



LAT...LON 3239 9200 3228 9203 3226 9211 3228 9230

      3232 9230 3241 9241 3267 9241 3268 9250

      3286 9261 3298 9242 3296 9207 3280 9204

      3273 9206 3271 9204 3271 9197 3266 9194

      3266 9190 3258 9192 3253 9190



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